Sterling Bank Plc, in partnership with StearsData, has released an in-depth report for the agricultural sector in Nigeria.
The report, entitled ‘Agriculture Industry Report 2021,’ provides the most up-to-date view of the challenges and opportunities in Nigeria’s agricultural sector in a COVID-19 era.
The four-part report critically examines the country’s agricultural value chain state, state of affairs post-COVID-19, the climate change challenge and opportunities for innovations and investments.
Bukola Awosanya, Group Head of Agric Finance and Solid Mineral at Sterling Bank, said the industry report empowers players in the agriculture sector with a navigation roadmap. And affirms Sterling Bank’s commitment to de-risking and making the domestic agriculture value chain more viable for commercial lending.
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Abuja Nigeria earned a total of N4.733 trillion from the oil and gas sector in 2020, according to data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), dropping by 14.57 per cent, compared to N5.536 trillion recorded in the 2019.
According to data obtained from the CBN’s Quarterly Economic Reports, oil earnings accounted for 50.82 per cent of total federally-collected revenue of N9.314 trillion recorded in 2020.
Giving a breakdown of revenue from the petroleum industry in 2020, the CBN stated that in the first, second, third and fourth quarter, the country earned N1.523 trillion, N1.271 trillion, N953.09 billion and N985.57 billion, respectively, compared to oil and gas earnings of N1.414 trillion, N1.219 trillion, N1.34 trillion and N1.564 trillion recorded in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2019, respectively.
It’ll be a disservice if APC denies South-West presidential ticket in 2023 – Aluko, Ekiti ex-deputy gov
Published 31 January 2021
Former deputy governor of Ekiti State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Chief Abiodun Aluko, tells ABIODUN NEJO his thoughts on governance in the state and his take on the 2023 presidential election
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ago, you were a deputy governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, why did you leave the party for APC?
My concept of party politics and democracy is lacking in the PDP. Politics is all about decision-making, conflict resolution and inclusive participation. When you are in politics, you are supposed to find a means of making the society better and create conducive environment under which people can thrive, express themselves, do their business and accomplish their aims, but when you are in a party where only one man’s view is heard, such is not good enough for the system. I left the PDP for APC becaus